Method of making ornamental structures.



A. FOURNIBR. METHOD or MAKING ORNAM-ENTAL STRUCTURES. APPLICATION FILED OUT. 19, 1911.

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Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

A. FOURNIER. METHOD OF MAKING ORNAMENTAL STRUCTURES.

' APPLIOATION FILED OUT. 19, 1911. 1,072,712. Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

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I ALBERT FOURNIER, or onioaeo, Intru ers.

METHOD'OF KINe-on A ENTAL s'rr uorunns. I

To allwhom z'f, may concern Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful 'Method of Making Ornamental Structures,f

of which the following is a specification.

together sections of material toproduce an My invention relates to the. art ofsecuring ornamental design; and, moreparticularly, to the art of manufacturing ornamental structures, such as, for example, Windows,

panels, globes, and the like, vases, urns and the like, and ornamental surfacings for bulldlngs. I I v The kind of ornamental-surfacings above referred to, and to which my invention relates, are such as areused on the surfaces of building structures forornamenting the same and involving the provision of a bed: or foundation to which the ornamental sections, as for example, glass, metal, marble or stone of such colors and shapes as to produce the'surfacings of a desired design, are secured.

Myprimary objects, generally stated, are

to reduce the cost, and facilitate themanu-' facture, of the structures above referred to;

and, as regards the manufacture of orna mental surfacings, to provide for thesecuring of the sections of ornamental material to the bed or foundation by means which will insure the retention of the said sections in the bed.

1 Referring to the accompanying drawings,

inuwhich I have illustrated the'manner of producing, in accordance with my inven tion, a flat plate of ornamental surfacing for application to a surface to be ornamented-Figure 1 shows afface viewof a flat plate of ornamental surfacing 0on structed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a section taken atthefline 2 on Fig. 1, and viewed in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 3 is a facesview of a portion of the mold used in the production of the plate of Fig. '1,showing two of the sections of ornamental material which form the ornaj mental design appliedin the properlposi tion to the mold preparatory to the molding operation. Fig.- tis a section takenat the line 4 on Fig.8 and viewed in thedirectionf of the arrow; "and Fig; 5, asection, taken through the :mold, ornamental sections and the molded material, at a line corresponding to the line 4 on Fig. 3, showing the'applicaspecification ofLetters Patentpf ,ip t tedseptfiJ9i3. Application filed. October 19,1911 SeriaLIlT i i t a t'ion of the molded material to the rear sides Be it known that I, ALBERT 'Founmnn, a cltlzen of the United States,:res1d1ng at i of the ornamental sections in which it extendsthrough the spaces between the ad- 'jacent' edges'of such sections and keys the latter to the body ofthe molded material.

,7 My nvention, as regards my improved method of producing ornamental surfacings ofthexcharacter above referred to, involves, generallystated, the preparation of a moldha'ving grooves formed in a surface thereof,

conforming generally to the skeleton of the design to be produced; applying to the grooved surface of the moldfthe sections of ornamental material, which are to be exposed to view in the finished article to cause mentaLSurfacingsin plate forin, I provide a mold 6, the side-walls 7 of which extend up I,

wardly from the base and-form a moldcavity 8 of an area and shape corresponding to that of the ornamental plate to be pro duced, such as that shown in Fig. 1. The

mold which may be made of any suitable material, as for example plaster of Paris,

these grooves corresponding to the skeleton has its bottom grooved as represented at 9,

of the design to be produced and. which de-w sign it will be understood may be of an The sections of glass,;or,

configuration. other ornamental material" wh ch it is desiredbeused, to form the ornamental surface, of approximate shapes to produce the desired design and which'sections are represented at l0, are then placed upon the grooved surface-40f the mold. The sections 10 should be of such size or sizes as tocause their opposing edges, when the sections110 are appliedi to; the grooved surface of the mold, to bes'paced apart at the, grooves 9 to form spaces 11 and extend part way over theadjacent grooves 9 as represented of the two sections 10 illustratedin Fig." 3. The

materialfor securing thesections together, i

and. which-forms a base therefor, is then insides-ofthe-sections10, the material which troduced into the mold tocover the rear r such objects, with.theshape of the. object. to

be made,v When. such moldsare used they. would be provided on their inner. surfaces. with grooves 9 as describedv of thehmold.

is represented at 12, filling the spaces "bej tween the sections 10 and filling the grooves 9 all as represented inFig. Upon beserve to securely backing 13.

The materlal 12 may be of any kind which. may be introduced into ,the moldy-t0, enter' the spacesll and the grooves 9, as described,

and become set. for thepurpose stated,la de.-

sirable material for my purpose being any kind of cement, though anyfother suitable material may be used. The above-described hzed 1n the manufacture, of-vases, urns, col-' umns, trays and the like structures, the, moldsfor molding such, or similariob ects, being-formed n sections and conforming, in,

shape, as is the practice. in manufacturing illustrated and the sections lO. .of material for ornamenting the exposed surface of the obj ect'tobe produced would. be positioned the mold-sections asdescribed, and prefer ably temporarily secured..thereto, for holding the sections 10 spaced apartwithfthein adjacent edges partway. overlapping said. grooves and preventing displacement there: of. during thernolding operation, as bythe use of ivaxtnot. shown), or,.other,suitable;

adhesive.

To practise my invention, ingtlle preferred] manner, for the manufacture of art-glass ndo p elazg obe i d t e ke-i117. volvlng the secur ng'together of, the glass-. sections by means engaging with the-mare] ginal edges of said-, sec tions, a mold, of, the

character. illustrated and described may be employed and the, glass sections relatively disposed Lon ,the. mold, gas hereinbefore ex} plained for theforming of thegornamental design. In manufacturing such objeots, all butthe marginal portions of the ornamental} sections thus, applied to the mold would preferably beblocked out at their rear sides.

before the material l2is introduced intoihe mold tocause'the material l2, at the rear sides of the sections. 10, rtollap themarginal.

edges only thereof, instead of extending over the. entire surface or, if desired, the material 12 ,may be. spread over the entiresurfaces off the; sections 10 exposed. in the=. mol d;. as illus; ra ed. in t e dra inga andhe e nbefere-d g. 1 scribed, and thereafter all of theanoldedmaterial applied to therear sides o f. the secside thereof, removed; or the material. 12 may be poured directly into the spaces 11 causetlie material [12m overlap the marginal of by pouring the material- 12 from a receptacle, in'a relatively fine stream, into said spaces 11 and in doing so following the skeleton of the design." Thepractising of any of the flastthree. describedmethods producesth'e overlappingof the material 12 with'the.marginalsedges of the sections at boththesfront and. rear sides thereof, but

uncoveredi r It will be manifest 'thatbyamy improved method cementitious materials afiording varying .degreesrof smoothness of surface method.- may be uti-..

may be, usedyand thusthe ribs Manay. be

corresponding part-of the'object which the designrto be produced is copied from, as. for example, where the ribs 14: of thefinished article represent-thetrunk.or branches of a which the designlpis to simulate, as. for ex ample :the trunk of a tree, ..the exposed, sure facesfof the. grooves 9 as tofcause themto present. .,repl1cas of the surfaces, of .those therein,- are to simulate.

by Letters Patent, isf- 1. Themethod Ofseouring in placesecskeleton .of. the design, applying to ;said surface j'sections. ofornamental lmaterial to! confornrtogsaid skeleton,-.-.with-. lopposing edges and opposite edges thereof extending part 1 'way1iove'r the grooYes,-and. introducing into said spaces; andwtherethrough intov the ginal portions of'these sections at therear edgespf said sect-ions at opposite sides theren.

leaves themajor. portions of the sections 10',

caused to simulate the. appearance, of the tree, iniwhich case the.cementitiousmaterial of .a kind producing a relatively rough sure.

colored materials of avhich the. ribs let are duced to closely simulatethe.objeotnf which face. ofathe ,ribs. 14 may beficausedato. 0011-. fo'rmto the; correspondingisurface of. the ob-l ject which in such case would; be; ribbed land. roughened as by so forming the bottom sur- 1 lVhatI' claim asnew, and desire ,to secure of, said sections spaced apart. at the grooves.

ib'etween the sections 10 and grooves 9 to design or, if desired-the. ribs' 14. may. be colored, for the purpose stated, as by tinting parts A of the object, which the ribs, molded outline-of the design;

, lions of material to produce an ornamental design, which includesgrooving a mold surface to produce grooves conforming to the skeleton of the design and to the marginal surfaces thereof, applying to said surface sections of ornamental material to conform to said skeleton, with opposing edges of said sections spaced apart at the grooves and opposite edges thereof extending part 7 way over the grooves, and applying to the marginal surfaces of said sections, and introducing into said spaces and therethrough into the grooves, material susceptible of hardening for permanently securing said sections in their design-forming relation and forming on the obverse surface ribs following the outline of the design.

3. The method of securing in place sec tions of materialto produce an ornamental design, which includes grooving a mold surface to produce grooves conforming to the skeleton of the design, applying to said sur-f face sections of ornamental material to con form to said skeleton, with opposing edges of said sections spaced apart at the grooves and opposite edges thereof extending part way over the grooves, and applying to the rear sides of said sections to completely 1 cover the same, and introducing into said spaces and therethrough into the grooves,

materialsusceptible of hardening for permanently securing said sections in their de- 5 sign-forming relation and forming on the obverse surface ribs following the outline of the design.

In presence of- JOHN WILSON, RALPH SGHAEFER.

ALBERT FOURNIER.

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